On this page we are going to collect useful resources.
www.smittysensei.blogspot.com This blogspot can be accessed through tki learning languages kete, or direct. It has links to a wide range of different interactive sites especially for Hiragana and Katakana learning. It also has You Tube clips and cultural info.
www.voki.com On this site you can create Avatars and type script in Romaji for Japanese (or a range of other languages), choose a native speaker voice and play it back. If you register and save your Voki, you can email it to others, publish it and embed into other applications.
www.voicethread.com On this site you can create a place where students can use a picture or short video clip and speak about it (recorder built into site). Others can comment using Avatars they have created on voice thread...still learning about this but may be good way for the kids to collaborate or can work as individuals.
www.smittysensei.blogspot.com This blogspot can be accessed through tki learning languages kete, or direct. It has links to a wide range of different interactive sites especially for Hiragana and Katakana learning. It also has You Tube clips and cultural info.
www.voki.com On this site you can create Avatars and type script in Romaji for Japanese (or a range of other languages), choose a native speaker voice and play it back. If you register and save your Voki, you can email it to others, publish it and embed into other applications.
www.voicethread.com On this site you can create a place where students can use a picture or short video clip and speak about it (recorder built into site). Others can comment using Avatars they have created on voice thread...still learning about this but may be good way for the kids to collaborate or can work as individuals.
Fling the teacher, an interactive game based on questions with multiple choice answers http://contentgenerator.net
Genki Japan
Kids web Japan
People were asking how to add you tube, here is a link to an explanation http://www.scribd.com/doc/5554856/Instructions-for-adding-YouTube-videos-to-blogs-and-wikis
Learning Katakana resources
Chitose
Learning Kanji resources
Shinichi